Good grief : on loving pets, here and hereafter / E.B. Bartels.
"An unexpected, poignant, and personal account of loving and losing pets, exploring the singular bonds we have with our companion animals, and how to grieve them once they've passed"-- Bartels has had a lot of pets over the years, and they've taught her one universal truth: to own a pet is to love a...
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Language: | English |
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Boston :
Mariner Books,
2022.
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Edition: | First edition. |
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Physical Description: | xix, 249 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm |
Format: | Book |
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"An unexpected, poignant, and personal account of loving and losing pets, exploring the singular bonds we have with our companion animals, and how to grieve them once they've passed"-- Provided by publisher
Bartels has had a lot of pets over the years, and they've taught her one universal truth: to own a pet is to love a pet, and to own a pet is also to lose that pet. Here she takes us around the worth and through history, examining how we treat the death of a pet: some traditional, others idiosyncratic, some unexpected. Through it all, a central lesson emerges: there is no best practice when it comes to mourning your pet, except to find the space to participate in their ending as fully as you can. -- adapted from jacket |
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Call Number: | SF411.47 .B36 2022 |
Bibliography Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-236). |
ISBN: | 9780358212331 0358212332 |